Presenter: Anne Biese 500-RYT, 200E-RYT, Good Karma Integrative Yoga This video was created as a part of the 2020 Celebrating A Second Chance at life Survivorship Symposium Presentation is 13:30
Presenter: Anne Biese 500-RYT, 200E-RYT, Good Karma Integrative Yoga This video was created as a part of the 2020 Celebrating A Second Chance at life Survivorship Symposium Meditation is 20:20
Sexual difficulties in men after a stem cell transplant are common, and can be caused by a number of factors. Several therapies are available to help men improve sexual health after transplant.
Insomnia is a common problem after a stem cell transplant. Physicians are often unaware that patients are having diffculty sleeping. Traditional treatments, such as medications, can have side effects and are often ineffective long-term.
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) can affect the skin and underlying tissue. It can also affect the mouth and genitals. Therapies vary depending on the type of skin GVHD a patient is experiencing. People with skin GVHD need to be cautious in the sun and monitor themselves closely for signs of skin cancer.
Health insurance may be available to you through an employer, association, Medicaid, Medicare or an Affordable Care Act marketplace. A variety of legal protections are available to healthcare consumers under Federal and State laws.
The current standard of care for patients with multiple myeloma is high dose chemotherapy and an autologous stem cell transplant. Although an autologous transplant is not a cure, maintenance therapy with various drugs can control myeloma in many patients for several years.
CAR T-cell therapy is a new type of immunotherapy that’s been approved by the FDA to treat patients with certain types of leukemia and lymphoma. Some patients have lived more than 10 years after treatment.
Graft-versus-host disease in the mouth (oral GVHD) is very common after transplant and manifests itself in many different ways. Treatments are available to manage the discomfort caused by oral GVHD.
